A Socio-Economic Perspective on Agricultural Cooperation in Romania

Mihai Talmaciu (), Krisztina Dobay and Camelia Apetroaie ()
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Mihai Talmaciu: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Faculty of Economics and Business Administratio
Camelia Apetroaie: Agricultural Directorate, Iași County

Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2017, vol. 14, issue 2, 239-258

Abstract: In the context of Romanian agriculture restructuring, association and cooperation have been viewed as ways of solving problems faced by small farmers. Although the need for association as a solution to structural problems of Romanian agriculture has been highly debated over the past years, its development is less positive. This article aims to assess potential causes (social, cultural, economic, gender, political, etc.) of the recent weak evolution of Romanian agricultural cooperatives. For this purpose, the authors analyzed recently conducted specialized studies on the evolution of cooperative movements in the world. They also processed data on the evolution of associative structures in the North-Eastern development region of Romania.

Keywords: agricultural cooperative; cooperative principles; cultural values; gender equality. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 M14 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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